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Bubo scandiacus or Snowy Owl - Front view

A majestic snowy white owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on a rock

Stone bird sitting on an old wooden bench with ivy

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

Stone owl in a flower bed. Original garden figure and decoration

Common Barn Owl (Tyto alba) isolated against a dark background.

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus). Wildlife animal.

The upper part of a round stone well for water extraction with a lid and a decorative figurine of an owl in the garden against a background of trees. Horizontal photo, close-up

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Decorative objects of animals in rusty iron - Buenos Aires - Argentina

A white owl figure in a garden against a blurred background

decorative owl sculpture on the timber shelving with garden background

Barn owl (Tyto alba) perched on old stone wall in country cottage. Bird with heart-shaped face. Wildlife scene from urban habitat. Czech republic

$L 59-73cm, WS 138-170cm.\nResident in mountains an forests, preferring areas with rocks, steep cliffs and mature trees (preferably conifers); often in rocky archipelagos. Scattered distribution, generally rare and local.\nNocturnal and partly crepuscular. Day roost in dense mature spruces or firs, or in cave or crevice.\nFood mammals (voles, rats, hedgehogs, hares) and birds (corvids, gulls, wildfowl).\nNests on inaccessible cliff-edge or less often on the ground by rock, uprooted tree or among boulders, exceptionally in abandoned raptor’s nest or n barn, abandoned factory, etc.\nIn spite of its size and its impressive claws is by and large a non-violent and retiring owl near its nest, and aggressive behaviour toward humans is rare.\n\nThis is a scarce owl in the eastern and Southern part of the Netherlands and is mostly breeding in abandoned Quarries.\n\nThis Picture is made at a Birds of Prey Farm near Lunteren (Gelderland, the Netherlands).$

Blakiston's fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni) fishing at night Hokkaido Japan

Many pebbles with plastic eyes on a big stone.

Garden sculpture of an owl. Upright. Old with chipped paint. Sits on a rock with surrounding ivy.

Ceramic owl on the top of an old wooden post

Single eagle resting on a branch near the woodland edge and open wetlands.

Closeup of a traditional Owl sandstone statue decorates in the city park

Two small white pebbles on a gray outdoors ledge.

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